Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Leaves

We're on a voyageto ocean, by rivercarried by currentsnow nearer, now farthersometimes in eddiesbut always in motionalways moved furthertill salt brine surrounds usin red-yellow clustersand at last to green waterwe sink in the sea

The new one on babushka? With your permission, I'll borrow it from you and post it with the poem, later today. Thank, you Lucy. I'm a lucky coyote.

The answer to your question has more than one part: because 'leaves' has more than one meaning; because the eddies are backwaters and digressions; because we must all travel the journey; and because...

The illustration for 'Topography' is on digitalgarlic now. I apologise, should've left a note here after uploading the image on babushka first. There seems to be some problem uploading it on babushka.Please borrow the illustration, it's for the poem. This happens to be the first time I've tried a digital collage (if I can call it that).